Lord Hunter's Cinderella Heiress by Lara Temple : All About Romance %

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Historical Romance

Lord Hunter's Cinderella Heiress

By Lara Temple

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TEST

I saw that. I saw you rolling your eyes and saying “another Cinderella book?!” In principle, I’m with you – while Harlequin/Mills & Boon book titles are (thankfully) bereft of cutesy song lyrics and faux film titles, they can sometimes be rather dreadfully unimaginative. But, much as with the case of another Harlequin Historical I reviewed recently (Pursued for the Viscount’s Vengeance), Lord Hunter’s Cinderella Heiress is a much better book than the title suggests and I’d urge you – strongly – not to let it put you off reading it.

Lara Temple is a relative newcomer to the Harlequin/M&B stable – this is, I think, her fourth novel – but I’ve enjoyed the other books of hers I’ve read, which have been distinguished by strongly characterised, attractive principals, lashings of lovely sexual tension and excellent dialogue. I knew that at some point she’d come up with a book which would knock my socks off – and this is it.

Our titular Cinders is Miss Helen (Nell) Tilney, who lives with her overbearing, brutish father and an obnoxious aunt who is forever finding fault with her. The only times Nell is truly happy are when she’s away at school or when she’s working with her father’s horses – and it’s in this capacity she first meets Gabriel, Lord Hunter. He is interested in purchasing Petra – a thoroughbred of which Nell is especially fond – and Nell reconciles herself to parting with her when she sees that Lord Hunter is a man who appreciates good horseflesh and will treat the animal well. Nell puts the horse through her paces and afterwards, retires to her room thinking she will never see him again. Unfortunately, however, her aunt has other ideas and summons Nell to dinner, knowing full well that Nell will hate it.

When a willowy, wan and very timid young woman enters the drawing room before dinner, Hunter can’t believe this is the intrepid horsewoman who rode Petra so skilfully and with such joy earlier in the day. He also can’t help but notice the way Sir Henry treats his daughter and her aunt’s continual bullying; and when Nell finally snaps and tells her aunt she wants nothing more to do with her, he is impressed by her show of spirit and silently cheers her on. It’s this, together with the thought that allying the Hunter and Tilney estates might not be a bad idea – plus that fact that Hunter is one of life’s protectors – that prompts him to ask Tilney for Nell’s hand the next day. By then however, Nell has fled back to school so isn’t privy to the discussion, but given Hunter is in mourning for his younger brother and Nell has to complete her schooling, there is no question of a wedding in the near future. Tilney undertakes to explain matters to Nell and Hunter takes his leave.

Four years later, a furious Nell Tilney arrives at Hunter’s door without warning, demanding to know what is meant by the announcement of their betrothal in the Morning Post. She has no wish to have her name linked to that of a man whose debauched exploits provide regular fodder for the gossip columns, and insists he arranges for a retraction to appear as soon as possible, telling him that if he won’t do it, then she will. Hunter draws the line at this – their engagement might not have been made under the best of circumstances and perhaps now, they both wish to withdraw from it, but doing so in such a public manner will create a full-scale scandal that will do neither of them any good. Nell suggests they need to speak with her father, who has gone to the annual horsebreeder’s fair at Wilton, and, prior to depositing her with his aunts for the night, Hunter agrees with this idea.

Lord Hunter’s Cinderella Heiress is, without doubt, one of the most romantic romances I’ve read this year. Lara Temple builds the relationship between her two principals with skill and insight and the sexual tension between them crackles and sizzles throughout. The author once again shows just how skilled she is at writing dialogue that is entertaining and naturalistic as Hunter teases Nell and Nell insults Hunter right back – well, he says she insults him, but really she’s giving him as good as she gets and he knows and enjoys it.

“Would you care for a rug?”
“Yes. No. Is this a custom-built curricle? It feels very light on the road, even with the two of you in it.”
“Do you hear that, Hidgins? Miss Tilney thinks we are fat.”
Nell glanced over her shoulder at Hidgins [the groom] with a complicit smile.
“No, no. Large boned. There are benefits to that, like the difference between an Arabian and a cob. Keeps you more firmly on the ground. But I’m not sure I’d like to race with you in the curricle.”
“As the saying goes, no one asked you; and annoying me is not likely to convince me to let you drive my horses.”
“Are you saying there is something I could do that might?”

While their love story takes place over just a few days, the relationship is written so well that it never feels rushed or forced, and along the way, Ms. Temple tackles some serious subjects in a manner that evolves organically and is completely in keeping with the story. We learn early on that when Hunter paid his visit to Sir Henry, he had just buried his younger brother, Tim, who had returned from war broken in both mind and body and who, unable to bear his physical pain and mental agony had taken his own life. Hunter blames himself; he should never have allowed Tim to join the army, he should have done a better job looking after him when he came home… he should have done more, full stop. Hunter has also been badly affected by his wartime experiences, but is unwilling to allow anyone close enough to discover that he still suffers violent nightmares; having responsibility thrust upon him at an early age has led him to believe that while others need him, he doesn’t need anyone and that’s how he likes it.

I defy anyone not to be cheering on the inside (at least) when Nell finally faces down her horrible aunt, and to applaud her determination not to allow herself to be bullied ever again. When we meet her again in the first chapter, she’s a rather formidable young woman and it’s easy to see exactly why Hunter is so strongly attracted to her. As for Hunter, well he’s quite the swoonworthy hero – a bit rakish perhaps, but honourable, protective to a fault, intelligent, intuitive and funny; I think I fell for him every bit as hard as Nell did.

The secondary characters of Hunter’s friends, Stanton and Ravenscar are skilfully drawn and have already intrigued me sufficiently that I can say with certainty that I will be reading their stories when they appear. My one tiny niggle with the book as a whole is to do with Hunter’s reasons for trying to keep Nell at arm’s length in the latter part of the story (which are rather clichéd), but that didn’t affect my enjoyment, and I have no hesitation in giving Lord Hunter’s Cinderella Heiress a very strong recommendation.